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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-14378

An attacker could cause `move_desc` to get stuck in a 4,294,967,295-count iteration loop.

LOW 3.3EPSS 0.40%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An integer underflow in dpdk versions before 18.11.10 and before 19.11.5 in the `move_desc` function can lead to large amounts of CPU cycles being eaten up in a long running loop. An attacker could cause `move_desc` to get stuck in a 4,294,967,295-count iteration loop. Depending on how `vhost_crypto` is being used this could prevent other VMs or network tasks from being serviced by the busy DPDK lcore for an extended period.

CVSS 3.1
3.3 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS
0.40% probability · 33th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-191
Affected
dpdk/data plane development kit · canonical/ubuntu linux · opensuse/leap
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.